Definitions

1. verb

to separate or come apart; to break open

“The gardener carefully uncleft the seedling from its pot.”

2. verb

to remove or take off the covering of; to strip

“The child uncleft the mitten from its woolly sleeve.”

3. verb

to move or force something apart

“The machine uncleft the tightly packed boxes.”

4. noun

the act of coming apart or separating

“The uncleft of the seedling was a sign of its readiness to be transplanted.”

5. noun

a coming apart or separation, especially of something that was once joined

“The uncleft of the rock face exposed new fossils to the scientists.”